| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
| 1986 |
Hunter's Blood |
Billy Bob |
|
| 1988 |
South of Reno |
Counterman |
|
| 1989 |
Going Overboard |
Dave |
|
| Chopper Chicks in Zombietown |
Tommy |
|
| 1991 |
The Dark Backward |
Patron at Sloppy's |
Uncredited |
| For the Boys |
Marine Sergeant in Korea |
|
| Widespread Panic: Live from the Georgia Theatre |
— |
Short film, director |
| 1992 |
One False Move |
Ray Malcolm |
Also writer |
| 1993 |
Tombstone |
Johnny Tyler |
|
| Blood In Blood Out |
Lightning |
Also known as Bound by Honor |
| Indecent Proposal |
Day Tripper |
|
| Ghost Brigade |
Langston |
|
| Trouble Bound |
Coldface |
|
| 1994 |
On Deadly Ground |
Homer Carlton |
|
| Floundering |
Gun Clerk |
|
| Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade |
Karl Childers |
Short film, also writer |
| 1995 |
Dead Man |
Big George Drakoulious |
|
| Stars Fell on Henrietta, TheThe Stars Fell on Henrietta |
Roy |
|
| 1996 |
Sling Blade |
Karl Childers |
Also writer / director |
| Winner, TheThe Winner |
Jack |
|
| A Family Thing |
— |
Writer |
| 1997 |
Apostle, TheThe Apostle |
Troublemaker |
|
| U Turn |
Darrell |
|
| Princess Mononoke |
Jigo |
Voice (English language dub) |
| Burn Hollywood Burn |
Himself |
|
| 1998 |
Simple Plan, AA Simple Plan |
Jacob Mitchell |
|
| Armageddon |
Dan Truman NASA Administrator |
|
| Homegrown |
Jack Marsden |
|
| Primary Colors |
Richard Jemmons |
|
| 1999 |
Pushing Tin |
Russell Bell |
|
| 2000 |
Gift, TheThe Gift |
— |
Writer |
| The Last Real Cowboys |
Tar |
|
| All the Pretty Horses |
— |
Director / producer |
| 2001 |
South of Heaven, West of Hell |
Brigadier Smalls |
|
| Daddy and Them |
Claude Montgomery |
Also writer / director |
| Monster's Ball |
Hank Grotowski |
|
| Bandits |
Terry Lee Collins |
|
| Man Who Wasn't There, TheThe Man Who Wasn't There |
Ed Crane |
|
| Camouflage |
— |
Writer, credited as Reginald Perry |
| 2002 |
Waking Up in Reno |
Lonnie Earl Dodd |
|
| Badge, TheThe Badge |
Sheriff Darl Hardwick |
|
| 2003 |
Bad Santa |
Willie T. Stokes |
DVD title: Badder Santa |
| Love Actually |
President of the U.S. |
|
| Intolerable Cruelty |
Howard D. Doyle |
|
| Levity |
Manuel Jordan |
|
| 2004 |
Friday Night Lights |
Gary Gaines |
|
| Alamo, TheThe Alamo |
Davy Crockett |
|
| Chrystal |
Joe |
|
| 2005 |
Ice Harvest, TheThe Ice Harvest |
Vic Cavanaugh |
|
| Bad News Bears |
Morris Buttermaker |
|
| 2006 |
School for Scoundrels |
Dr. P / Dennis Sherman |
|
| 2007 |
Astronaut Farmer, TheThe Astronaut Farmer |
Charles Farmer |
|
| Mr. Woodcock |
Jasper Woodcock |
|
| 2008 |
Eagle Eye |
Thomas Morgan |
|
| Informers, TheThe Informers |
William |
|
| 2009 |
My Run |
Narrator |
Documentary film, voice |
| Smell of Success, TheThe Smell of Success |
Patrick |
|
| 2010 |
Faster |
Cop |
|
| 2011 |
The King of Luck |
— |
Documentary film, director |
| Nashville Rises |
Narrator |
Documentary film, voice |
| Puss in Boots |
Jack |
Voice |
| 2013 |
Jayne Mansfield's Car |
Skip Caldwell |
Also writer / director |
| The Baytown Outlaws |
Carlos |
|
| Parkland |
Forrest Sorrels |
|
| 2014 |
Cut Bank |
Stan Steeley |
|
| The Judge |
Dwight Dickham |
|
| 2015 |
Into the Grizzly Maze |
Douglas |
|
| Entourage |
Larsen McCredle |
|
| Our Brand Is Crisis |
Pat Candy |
|
| Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High, and Unemployed: Live in Austin |
Himself |
|
| 2016 |
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot |
Gen Hollanek |
|
| Bad Santa 2 |
Willie T. Stokes |
| 2017 |
London Fields |
Samson Young |
|
| Hunter Killer |
|
Filming |